Clinical Social Worker

2 weeks ago


New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Ochsner Health Full time
Job Summary

Ochsner Health is seeking a highly skilled Clinical Social Worker to join our team. As a Clinical Social Worker, you will play a critical role in providing advanced clinical social work practice in the medical setting. You will apply social work theory, knowledge, ethics, and methods to restore or enhance social, psychosocial, or bio-psychosocial functioning of individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Interview and assess patients to assist throughout the patient care plan.
  • Identify and provide helpful resources to patients and families.
  • Maintain patient records and documents and communicate critical information to the medical team.
  • Participate in on-call rotation.
  • Adapt behavior to the specific patient population, including respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions, and communication style.
Requirements
  • Master's degree in social work (MSW).
  • 5 years of related experience.
  • Preferred experience in a medical social work field.
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as verified by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners (LABSWE) and able to engage in independent practice.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Good knowledge of common disease entities and disorders and medical terminology to understand acute and ongoing needs of patients and families.
  • Excellent psychotherapeutic skills.
  • Superior interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively and courteously with patients, families, multi-disciplinary team members, departmental peers, and community agency personnel.
  • Advanced knowledge of an acute and chronic care medical setting, medical terminology, and the psychosocial and economic effects of illness and/or trauma upon the patient and their support system.
  • Advanced knowledge of managed care and public programs such as those funded by Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and commercial insurance plans.
  • Proficiency in using computers, software, and web-based applications.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process.
Work Environment

The incumbent works with patients who have known or suspected communicable diseases and may enter isolation rooms. There may be an occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases. Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be an occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning, and/or disposal of contaminated waste.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ochsner Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, pregnancy status, pregnancy-related conditions, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, medical condition, age, veteran status, military status, citizenship status, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, unemployment status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.



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